CVS Savings

I'm not sure how I ran across this, but this is a site that explains a method to shop for free at CVS, Walgreens, etc. It's kind of confusing at first, but I think I understand it. Basically there are certain products you can buy that will pay you back a certain amount of in-store credit. Sometimes that credit is enough to match the amount you spent. So while you still spent money out of pocket, if you were to do it again, instead of using your money you could use your store credit. Then you could get some stuff that you need and use the money you had budgeted for that stuff for other stuff. Man, that's really confusing, but I think it might actually work. We may try it sometime soon since there is a CVS like right next to our house. JM

Odyssey

Now we're not getting a minivan, but my wife is still going to watch the kids. Here's how awesome God is. My neighbor has a daughter that Eryn watches. She was talking to Eryn today and offered to watch Noah and her daughter while Eryn goes to pick up the two other kids that she'll be watching from school. Meaning that Eryn can fit everybody in one vehicle and that we don't have to go into debt.
That is so awesome. I was looking forward to getting the van, but I would rather wait to get it until we absolutely had to have it. This way we can hopefully save up some money and maybe pay cash for a van or at least put down a massive down payment on one.
It's awesome how much God blesses you when you honor him with your tithe. I've been really bad about it all my life, but I just switched this year to having it automatically taken out of my bank account every payday. That way there's no debating what we should do with the money because it's already gone.
God is definitely the great provider. JM